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Photograph of Jim Barber (left), Don Baker (middle) and Bill Nelson (right) seated behind a table during the 21.06 trial in 1982. Unidentified persons are visible from the back, in the foreground.

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Photograph of the AIDS Update float in the 1988 Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade. The AIDS Resource Center banner can be seen in the back right of the photo. Riders in the car include Dave Lewis (right), editor, Rodd Gray (as Patti le Plae Safe), columnist, and Dave's partner, whose name is unknown.

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Photograph of the AIDS Update float in the 1988 Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade. The AIDS Resource Center banner can be seen in the back right of the photo. Riders in the car include Dave Lewis (right), editor, Rodd Gray (as Patti le Plae Safe), columnist, and Dave's partner, whose name is unknown.

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Newsletter of the AIDS Resource Center containing news updates, articles, opinion pieces, and advertisements related to the work of the organization. Cover: photo of a memorial event for Terry Tebedo, sponsored by the Dallas Gay Alliance; his loss in 1988 raised the number of AIDS deaths in Dallas County to 641.

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Newsletter of the AIDS Resource Center containing news updates, articles, opinion pieces, and advertisements related to the work of the organization. Cover: photo of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, advertising a display of the quilt in May, 1988.

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Documents that relate to the case of Baker vs. Wade, challenging the legality of sodomy in the state of Texas, filed November 19, 1979. Documents include the Amicus Curiae Brief (newspaper clippings, letters, and petitions).

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Photograph of Ann Brown posing with an unidentified man inside a building. They are visible from the chest up and the man has his right arm around her shoulders and is holding two bottles.

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Cut-glass trophy in a rough teardrop shape on a rectangular base. Gold text in the body says "John Thomas Life Time Achievement Award" and has the logo for the Foundation for Human Understanding at the bottom.

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Cut-glass trophy in a rough teardrop shape on a rectangular base. Gold text in the body says "John Thomas Life Time Achievement Award" and has the logo for the Foundation for Human Understanding at the bottom.

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Photograph of a banner for the Bill Nelson and Terry Tebedo Clinic for AIDS Research, located in Dallas, Texas. The banner has a blue background with letters cut out of T-shirts or other materials; there is a row of icons and symbols across the bottom of the banner. The banner includes Bill Nelson’s jacket from his time as a high school coach, campaign materials from when he ran for office in Dallas, and other items honoring the work and lives of Nelson and Tebedo.

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Photograph of Bill Nelson speaking to a crowd at the memorial for Terry Tebedo”. People are visible on the right side of the image including a man near the center holding a cutout of a person, painted solid black. Behind Nelson, there is a striped rainbow flag and multiple flower arrangements. William Waybourn (far right) is pictured among the crowd.

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Photograph of a crowd of people (including activist Bill Nelson) socializing in front of a banner that reads "Never Forget: Dallas Gay Alliance." The photo was taken in a dark outside space and there are large wreaths and floral arrangements around the sign. This event was taken at a memorial for Terry Tebedo in 1988.

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Photograph of Bill Nelson and William Waybourn speaking with two police officers at the memorial for Terry Tebedo. They are standing next to a chalk outline of a body on the sidewalk that represents Mr. Nelson's partner, Terry Tebedo. Written inside the chalk outline is the number 641, representing the number of AIDS casualties at the time of Tebedo’s death in 1988. A crowd of participants and press are visible in the background.

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Photograph of Bill Nelson, kneeling next to a chalk outline of a body, that represents Mr. Nelson's partner, Terry Tebedo at the memorial service for Tebedo. Nelson is is surrounded by a crowd of participants and press. Members of the Dallas Gay Alliance and Gay Urban Truth Squad are present, including John Thomas (back row), Bill Hunt (front row, pink triangle shirt) and William Waybourn (beside Hunt, in dark, long sleeve shirt).

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Photograph of Bill Nelson speaking at a gay rights event memorial for Terry Tebedo. Nelson is looking down at a black silhouette of a body on the sidewalk, meant to represent Mr. Nelson's partner, Terry Tebedo.

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Photograph of Bill Nelson during the memorial for Terry Tebedo, crouched next to the black silhouette of a figure laid on the sidewalk. He appears to be outlining the cutout with chalk. A crowd of participants and press is visible in the background. John Thomas (back, tall man), Bill Hunt (middle, pink triangle shirt) and William Waybourn (middle, beside Hunt in the dark shirt) look on.

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